The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-06-10
WEST AND SOUTH.

Miss Blanche, tue youngest sister of G. H.
Monger, editor Of the Anamosa journal, in
some unghown manner got her clothing afirc
short time.
Two freight trains collided Thursday morn.
ing o the Louisville and Nashville. An en-.
ginecr and a fireman were killed outright, as
was also q negro tramp, while another tramp
was fatally injured.
Near Fergus Falls. MIMI, Friday, Miss
Lille Field was found in a hog pen terribly
mutilated. A Scandinavian hired man is sup
posed to be the murderer. Ncighbors turned
out in force to look for him.
A cyclone passed over Upper Sandusky,
Ohio, on Monday afternoon doing great dam.
age To trees, fences, etc. The spire of the
Catholic church, 200 feet high, was blown
over and the front of the church wrecked.
A quarantine officer at San francisco Tues.
day afternoon discovered a fresh case of
smallpox on the steamer Gaelic. The devel-
opment of this case will prevent the departure
of LOO Chinese in transit at least two weeks.
On Monday the threc-story brick building
No. 414 and 4l6 North Third street, st. Louis
collapsed and several men are supposcdt to be
buried in the debris. Several men sittip..
near the windows made their escape by jutnp
ing.
Morse Hebcrling, q lad twelve years old,
fell over the dam int the Dies Moines river at
Des Moines Sunday afternoon and was
drowned. He was playing on a log, which
had been wedged against the dam, and lost
his balance.
Steps have been taken by Racine election
officers to institute legal proceedings against
Rev. Olympia Willis, on the charge of at.
tempting to stuff the ballot box. Mrs. Willis
fs the leader of woman's suffrage I'm Wis.
consin.
The trustees of the Iowa State Agricultural
college Of Ames, have elected Prof. E. M.
Shelton, OF Kansas, to be professor of agri-
culture. Prof. Shelton has been professor of
agriculture in the Kansas State college for
several years.
About 5000 visitors attended the state re.
union of Ancient Order of Hibernians at Iowa
City o n Thursday. The procession Was large.
The address Of welcome was made by Judge
Fairall, and speeches were made by John F.
Finerty and others.
Custom officers Thursday afternoon seized
the German bark Nautilus, recently from
Hamburg, at San Francifco. Three hundred
dollars worth Of Havana cigars and French
brandy were found in boxes labeled 'salt
pork" the search will be continued.
Thursday night W. negroes and one white
man, all convicts working on the railroad
near New Richmond, Ohio, MORALLY wounded
Overseer Marshall with spades. The guard
fired one load OF buekshot at them, bringing
down all three. Two of them were mortally
wounded.
Mrs. j. H. Du1y, enroute from Farley, Ia,
to Omaha, crawled cut of the water closet in
the car when the train was running at full
speed between Cedar Rapids aud Fairfax on
Thursday. A special with twelve men was
sent out and hurted for three hours without
finding the suicide.
The latest investigation at Grand Rapids
shows that Judge Of Probate Toilet, whose
disappearance has been mentioned, is said to
be not only a thief but . forger. His defal.
cation is not less that $4,000. Several bank
certificates are held, to which Toilet 10 said to
have forged signatures.
Bonds Of the territory Of Dakota, the face